Who me?

Sorry, but no pre-defined label will ever fit on me. A complexity of utmost extremes seem to have sided in me and formed the person, whom I am to-day! Generally speaking: One day business lady to the fingertip the very next carelessly acting as a teen-ager; mature and seriously discussing one minute sharp satire to follow shortly; the one moment optimist to the fullest few seconds later dark clouds warp my mind and speech and at the very first glance a tough approach - but inside a soul as soft as marshmellows on a stick over the fire! My opinions are either black or white; my engagements "forget it" or 110% devotion; my feelings total neglect or of the deepest passion and aquaintances are either as butterflies flying by in the breeze or friendships for ever! I do simply not fit into a box anywhere so you are about to meet a girl, who prefers to consider herself an individualist full of talents and possibilities! Scared off or ready to get to know more?

A proper introduction:

My name is Kirsten Langer, and I guess my age - way past the 40 - tips the xxxxx of the Psyches heavily! I�m Danish and live in a lovely suburb north of Copenhagen with easy access to lakes, forest and not at least the Ocean. I�m happily married and is the mother of a wonderful, fr�k, noisy and hence totally normal 16 year�s old teenage son. I have a formal education as correspondance in English and German, hold a degree in Marketing from Business College and holding a Diploma as an International Travel Consultant following succeeded studies with the official intl. airline- and travel agent�s Associations in Switzerland (IATA/UFTAA) but in spite of same, my performances are more or less of a "self taught nature", I�m told and this is probably true! For more than 25 years I have produced and handled group tours and tour-packages to practically all parts of the world however, United States/Canada, Australia/New Zealand/The South Pacific and lately Eastern- & Southern Africa being my primare destinations. Right now I�m looking for new job challenges - and while waiting for the right offers/vacancies to come my way I�m reflecting quite a bit about life and have decided to devote more time to family, friends, xxxx stunder on the couch in front of the TV but not the least to enjoy my hobbies and to travelling!

My devotions:

Famous, Danish fairytale-write H.C. Andersen did once write: "To travel is to live" and this is my philosophy too! Given any opportunity and due to my profession I do as much travelling as I can and have by now visited all Continents. I feel very fortunate having been able to do so it has been so giving so many ways! I feel more like an "international person" than actual Danish I spent my senior year as an exchange student in the U.S. and ever since have I suffered from the urge to travel. I lived a year in Sweden as well, and most of my life I have been involved - voluntarily or professionally - with international exchange work. (Youth for Understanding, People to People and the Scandinavian Friendship Unions to respectively Canada and Australia/New Zealand). Meeting so many different kinds of people and getting aquainted with their cultural backgrounds have broadened my mind helped me understand and appreciate that there are other ways of thinking than mine, that things can be done differently and that human respect irrespectable of color, faith or nationality is essential for creating a better world for everybody to live in.

My hobbies:

My "second world" is totally devoted to music, singing and dancing! Music is an "integrated" part of my personality it has to come out somehow and most certainly has does! When I was 12 I played the flute and drums in the local marching band but then Beatles came around and I changed my instrument to an electric guitare. Yes, I became a "rock-mama" and played with a number of amateur bands throughout my school years. It was great! The electric guitare is now hanging on the wall, but now and then I do still play on my aucustic one with soft mucial balads as my favorites. Then came dancing! For more than 10 years I was an active ball-room competition dancer and did succeed to represent Denmark at several intl. competitions before stopping just before giving birth to my son. I met my husband in this environment and to-day we are both working as officials for the Danish Sportsdancing Org. Once a week we do approach the floor for a couple of hours but admitedly we are totally out of shape (and style LOL)! But then there is singing also outside the bathroom! The last 7 years I have been a dedicated member of a rythmical choirs musicals still being my favorites, but "white" gospel has caught my attention recently. And then to a secret: I kind of like that "lime-light", so now and then I "sneak out the house" and down to a local pub singing karaoke ssh, don�t tell anybody, please! No Chanel-suit nor high heeled shoes there.

Leo-mania?

No, that word I cannot associate with. But Leonardo DiCaprio "entered" without any warning my life last spring, when I went to the theatre to see "Titanic". Never, ever heard of this young actor untill this very day - but leaving the theatre I was captivated! Never before having been an actual "fan" of an actor it did actually annoy me! I was puzzled! WHY couldn�t I get this actor out my head? As do wish to understand my reactions I went quite "academic" about the situation and started researching! My teenage son - most embarrassed by his mom taking interest in a "teenage icon" helped out and soon I was in receipt of all Leonardo�s videos from "This Boy�s Life" and up! It did still not give me a full answer but I did realize by then that I was dealing with an actor of our time that was not "just" a very skillful one but did possess something rather unique and indefinable too! No matter what character played, Leonardo simply seemed to be that person, whether it being Toby, Jim, Rimbaud, Romeo or some of all the other wonderful characters, he has been portraying. The acting being so genuine and with such a depth it�s beyond understanding and the emotions he is capable of expressing so sincere and intense that it almost hurts! In my search to understand the situation Leonardo became a source of inspiration to me in other ways: I started reading books, poetry and biographies relating to his films/and or characters portrayed. I got encouraged for the very first time in my life to read Shakespeare�s plays in the original elizabethian english although not being my native tongue, to aquaint myself with Tobias Wolff and Jim Carrolls diaries and even to "work" my way through Enid Starkie�s and other authors� books on Arthur Rimbaud very giving experiences and for this inspiration I�m very grateful to Leonardo. His cheeky smile and expressive eyes have come way out beyond that screen and right into my heart! I was hooked but in a mature way. I admire Leonardo for his incredible good acting abilities and charisma on the screen and treasure him for the very loving, caring and down-to-earth person we have come to "know". And I do wish Leonardo every possible success with his future career as well as the very best in his personal life hoping that the "hysteria" presently surrounding him will calm down to an acceptable level or that he may come to terms living with this new situation in his life! I look extremely forward to follow him on the screen for many years to come and know that for always he will have a tiny place in my heart! I still don�t know exactly WHY only that this was meant to be!

Anything left out?

By now I guess you have learned a thing or two about me and also that I�m a person of not few but extradinary many words LOL. A brief note from me is equal to a full page and a normal letter/E-mail often up to 5-6 full A4 pages. sorry folks, it cannot be helped! I love to "discuss" and, somehow, do always seem to have an opinion to most any subject. My language is frank I call things by their names (diplomacy is, unfortunately, one of the things I do lack at times) but I do never wish to offend anybody intentionally I may, however, just happen to disagree from time to time! I look tremendously forward to "talking" to all of you!

Love Kirsten

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